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Russia on Wednesday used its veto power in the U.N. Security Council to scuttle an international tribunal to identify and punish those responsible for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over Ukraine a year ago in which all 298 on board were killed. The Russian veto was invoked to quash the effort to hold the culprits accountable in spite of an ardent campaign by countries that lost citizens in the July 17, 2014, destruction of Malaysia Flight 17 as it passed over war-torn eastern Ukraine. Preliminary reports from the Dutch-led investigation of the disaster have pointed to a missile fired from Russia-backed rebel territory as the likely cause of the plane's explosion at...

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